"Turkey looks to build up its regional muscle (News Feature)
Istanbul - European countries like to view Turkey as a bridge between the West and the Orient.
But as the Islamic-conservative AKP government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan grows in self-confidence, it is looking beyond this, anxious to build its regional muscle alongside Iran to form a presence that the Arab and southern Caucasian states cannot ignore. "
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